Google launches start-up incubator in Tel Aviv
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Google launches start-up incubator in Tel Aviv

  • 12/13/2012
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    This week, Google announced plans to establish a start-up incubator in Tel Aviv. The incubator will be run by Amir Shevat, Google Israel's relations manager, and Eyal Miller, Google's new business development manager. The incubator will be called Campus Tel Aviv, and will occupy a 1,500-square-meter floor in the Electra Tower.

     

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    ​The space will be devoted to entrepreneurs, and the overarching goal is to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation in Israel.
    According to a Globes article describing the development, Google Israel R&D Center 's managing director, Yossi Matias, explained, '"The Campus Tel Aviv joins Campus London. It is Google's step to provide support for Israeli technological innovation, both because of the importance of encouraging entrepreneurship and the centrality of Israel in fostering these values. Israel's leadership in initiating innovation is part of its DNA."'
    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his support for the project at the incubator's inauguration event.
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